Welcome to episode 169 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. I'm a retired agent on a mission to show the

public who the FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my

podcast case reviews with former colleagues.

Today we get to speak to retired agent Scott Aginbaum, who served in the FBI for nearly 30 years, six as a support employee and 24 as a special agent.

His first agent assignment was the Syracuse Division, he became the cyber guy working almost

exclusively cyber crime cases. In this episode Scott reviews several cybercrime cases and provides several cyber security

tips that he learned during his FBI career that will protect you from cyber criminals who want to steal your stuff.

During his FBI career, Scott Agambaum was promoted to the Cyber Division Cybercrime Fraud Unit at FBI headquarters.

He was later transferred to the Memphis Division, where he helped launch the FBI's first

local computer intrusion

counterintelligence squad.

During the last 10 years,

as Scott Agambaum's FBI career,

he provided more than 1,000 cybercrime threat briefings to corporations and other public groups

to educate the community on emerging computer intrusion threats

and how to avoid being the victim of a data breach.

After retiring from the Bureau, Scott launched Hero Publishing,

a company devoted to educating the public about the dangers of cyber crimes and authored the secret to cyber security

a simple plan to protect your family and business from cybercrime.

You can learn more about Scott Aginbaum and his book by visiting his website,

Scott Aginbaum.com. I think you're going to learn a lot from this interview.

Yes, Scott taught me a few things too. Before we get to the interview, I just have one thing. I never have just one thing, but I did want to remind

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